Example sentences of "[be] often [verb] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While first-cousins are often favoured as marriage partners , a distinction is very often made between parallel and cross-cousins . |
| 2 | The programme is based on evidence that chemicals are often sprayed when pests are not vulnerable and that the chemicals used can wipe out the natural enemies of the pest species . |
| 3 | Issues of confidentiality are often raised when receptionists are discussed , as clients may have to announce the purpose of their visit in public . |
| 4 | Two other factors are worth mentioning here because they are often given as reasons for dispersals that could not obviously be justified otherwise . |
| 5 | However , in practice these are often blurred and cases can be brought on a mixture of grounds . |
| 6 | For example , emotional problems are often presented as justification for a person 's drunkenness , especially if they are female , and on one occasion a youth who had been involved in an accident but who had only just passed his driving test was let off with a caution by a policewoman in sympathy for his inexperience . |
| 7 | The principal hunting weapon may have been the bow and arrow ; arrows , as with all tools , are rare in early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries ; they are often viewed as weapons of warfare but constitute the most obvious hunting weapon amongst the range of artefacts and their rarity in cemeteries may only be a reflection of their importance to the community . |
| 8 | Ventilators are often blocked and air-conditioning badly maintained and operated . |
| 9 | Age-specific rates are often calculated as averages over three years , partly to reduce instability of the statistics in older , almost empty , age classes , and partly to obviate problems due to especially bad weather at the end of a year causing early demise of those who would otherwise die the following year . |
| 10 | There are often cost and quality effects in so doing . |
| 11 | In practice choices are often limited and freedoms have been tightly controlled so far . |
| 12 | Combs are often found as grave-goods with cremations — Hills has noted a correlation with female burials ( 1981a ) — and often survive in sunken buildings associated with weaving equipment . |
| 13 | Scholars such as Giddings , Cooley , Mead , Thomas and Znanieki are often considered as contributors to some of the basic ideas of social psychology as well as to sociology . |
| 14 | When the generations overlap , and when the insect is gregarious ( cockroach ) or social ( termite ) , the juveniles are often infected and infection passes freely between juveniles and adults . |
| 15 | They are often described as speciality products and are priced as such . |
| 16 | Ogre bands are often recruited as mercenaries into the Empire 's armies , where their great strength is highly valued . |
| 17 | Sections through the living Nautilus ( see p.72 ) are often sold as ornaments , and well illustrate the distinctive features of nautiloid hard parts . |
| 18 | The meat is not eaten and has no market value , but the dried eyes and the sexual organs of the boto are often sold as amulets to increase one 's attractiveness to the opposite sex , or to increase the bearer 's sexual powers . |
| 19 | I am often asked if exercise is essential to weight loss . |
| 20 | Although there were many Moor villages where rice cultivation was the principal economic activity , Moors were often pictured as traders and shopkeepers , and they had a strong presence in towns . |
| 21 | Private rooms became almost a thing of the past , for closets went out of fashion ; bedrooms , which had formerly existed on all floors , went upstairs , but , although their dressing-rooms were often furnished as boudoirs , these were out-of-bounds from after breakfast , except in times of illness . |
| 22 | Before the word ‘ Hooligan ’ had fully established itself in England , young ruffians were often described as youths of the ‘ Larrikin type ’ or as ‘ London Larrikins ’ . |
| 23 | It is worth noting that Sir John Reresby appeared twice after his first entry , presumably as the owner of empty houses , and that women who were heads of households were often described as widows rather than given their Christian names . |
| 24 | Even if access to data is restricted through the use of passwords when calling it up from the computer , it is often felt that data are not secure and confidentiality may be breached . |
| 25 | The objective lenses required for cathodoluminescence must have long working distances , so choice is often limited and prices high . |
| 26 | The better practice in such cases is to attempt service even after the stated time-limit : a trial or other procedural step is unlikely to follow immediately after the expiry of the time-limit , so belated service may still give the defendant a useful opportunity to intervene ; and under Article 1591 a six-month waiting period is often imposed before proceedings can be taken to the stage of a default judgment . |
| 27 | The question is often asked whether Hindus believe in many gods and goddesses . |
| 28 | This analysis does much to elucidate what is often dismissed as Nkrumah 's plunge into Communist ( or was it Fascist ? ) dictatorship . |
| 29 | It is often assumed that employers take advantage of the demand for positions where interesting work , pleasant conditions and a high degree of job satisfaction are reckoned to make up for low pay . |
| 30 | It is often assumed that winter is the most suitable time for training yet only 43% indicated that any time during winter would be suitable . |